An August 2019 obituary published by Tibetan Review on Sogyal Lakar's death, reporting that in a letter to the Rigpa community dated 20 July 2017 he stated he was clear in his own mind that he had never acted toward anyone with a motive of selfish gain or harmful intent. The obituary notes he did not deny the specific allegations against him. Tibetan Review is a long running specialist news publication covering Tibetan affairs; it is cited here for straightforward, independently checkable reporting of a dated public statement rather than for original investigative or scholarly authority.
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Reliability Tier2
Tier two: a specialist, long running news publication covering Tibetan affairs, cited here for straightforward, independently checkable reporting of a dated public statement rather than for original investigative or scholarly authority. NotesRead directly, 14 August 2026. Cited for the date and wording of Sogyal Lakar's own 20 July 2017 response letter, independently confirmed against multiple other outlets' contemporaneous coverage of the same statement.
Citation
AuthorTibetan Review
PublisherTibetan Review
Publication Year2019
URLhttps://www.tibetanreview.net/sogyal-rinpoche-end-of-bestselling-tibetan-buddhist-master-scarred-by-abuse-allegations/
Source Typeobituary
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- Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
- Articles, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Organizations, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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